‘The final defendant was served moments ago,’ Arizona AG Kris Mayes said.
Arizona officials have served former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani with a notice of his indictment related to an alleged “fake electors” scheme to overturn the 2020 presidential election, according to Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes.
Mr. Giuliani is among 18 individuals indicted in Arizona’s ongoing investigation into an alleged scheme to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election, though his name remains redacted in the indictment that charged them with various crimes, including fraud, forgery, and conspiracy.
Prosecutors had unsuccessfully tried for weeks to serve Mr. Giuliani with the indictment notice before finally catching up with the former mayor at his 80th birthday bash in Florida, according to Ms. Mayes
“The final defendant was served moments ago,” the Arizona AG wrote in a post on X. “Nobody is above the law.”
Ms. Mayes shared a screengrab of a since-deleted post from Mr. Giuliani taunting officials, stating that if they can’t find him by tomorrow morning, “they must dismiss the indictment” and “they must concede they can’t count votes.”
Mr. Giuliani livestreamed footage from his 80th birthday bash on social media, in which he reiterated his conviction that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against former President Donald Trump.
While no further details were immediately available on the circumstances under which he was served the notice, sources told the New York Post that two officials from Ms. Meyes’ office arrived at the party at around 11 p.m. and handed the papers to the former Trump attorney.
“While crime in Arizona is at an all-time high the Arizona Secretary of State’s office felt it was a good use of resources to send multiple agents across the country to storm an 80th birthday party like it was Normandy,” Caroline Wren, a Republican consultant who hosted Mr. Giuliani’s birthday party at her home, told The Post.
A request for comment on the development sent to Mr. Giuliani’s spokesperson was not immediately returned.
Mr. Giuliani was the final individual to be served with an indictment in the case, in which 18 people have been charged with multiple felony counts.
Arizona is the fourth state where Trump-aligned electors (variously referred to as “alternate,” “dueling,” or “fake”) have been criminally charged, with cases ongoing in Georgia, Michigan, and Nevada.
By Tom Ozimek
